Paulus berensohn biography of william

 

 

“Do something.

Paulus Berensohn () was a poet, ceramic artist, dancer, and educator in Penland, North Carolina.

Paulus Berensohn () was a poet, ceramic artist, dancer, and educator in Penland, North Carolina.

These handwritten pages account for the eight years Paulus lived in California.

Paulus Berensohn () was a poet, ceramic artist, dancer, and educator in Penland, North Carolina.

An interview of Paulus Berensohn conducted March , by Mark Shapiro, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project.

Paulus Berensohn, a mystic, writer, craft artist, dancer, deep ecologist, and potter, said, “Art is not a thing.

Start with pleasure. Make a list of all the things that are pleasurable in your life and then make an art form out of one of them. And if you’re courageous, make a list of all the things that are difficult in your life and make an art form out of one of them.” -Paulus Berensohn, speaking in the film To Spring from the Hand

 

On the afternoon of Sunday, June 18, 2017, a group of friends gathered at the Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, a green burial site near Asheville, North Carolina, to say a final farewell to artist and teacher Paulus Berensohn.

In a clearing on the wooded site, a grave had been hand-dug by Jonah Stanford who, when he was a teenager, was the first of several dozen young people to adopt Paulus as “fairy godfather.” A small crowd waited by the grave and then, through the woods came the sound of a fiddle and an accordion leading a group who were bearing Paulus’s blanket-wrapped body in a sling while several more people carr